everyone in the SPARC engineering is gone, apart very few people for the sustaining in AA team. M8+ is an overclocked M8, nothing new, that will give only very few % more in performances and it is so power hungry that will be installed only in the... — read more 

Thr process earlier would start by mid september. No movement or sign this year till now in HR tools. Any idea on focal/appraisal happening this year?

Since layoffs at the end of 2016, I have been concerned about my job security and have had anxiety resulting from this (umm wonder what the lawyers would say, another post I think), After each round, I was still here so finally about 6 months ago,I... — read more 

ORCL stock -- Down grade.....down grade...no soup for you!! https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ORCL?p=O

I heard that the layoff starts after OOW at the start of November. 500+ on the chopping block, most from OCIC

If I still have a job after how I filled out the survey, they must be relatively confidential. I was not offensive but I certainly called out specific EVPs and SVPs on their behavior and lack of leadership. If I recall, I said I trust my direct... — read more 

In my opinion, this is generally a good move, keeping in mind that this is a market with a constant demand and with a wide range of customers. On the other hand, we are faced with a fierce competition which is more or less specialised in the products... — read more 

Has anybody managed to get used to not having any semblance of job security? I keep hoping it's going to get easier, but that has not been the case. At least not for me. Every new day and every new week is a renewed source of stress for me. How do... — read more 

Never email when you can speak Never speak when you can nod Never nod when you can wink And Never wink when you can smile (Mgmt & Leadership Tips & Tricks for Employee Comms)

Place is going to the dumps!

Oracle acquires companies with the idea that no innovation will ever be required. Just maintain them into their graves. No real innovation is ever done on acquired software. Some integration might happen, then nothing. Oracle is a 1957 Edsel with... — read more 

Given all this renewed interest in on premise, does Oracle have anything after M8? At one point there was a public roadmap slide that suggested incremental improvements to M8. What's the plan for existing SPARC/Solaris customers? Anyone know?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/eight-steps-becoming-better-salesperson-mark-hurd/

Just turned down Facebook to start at Oracle in Redwood tomorrow. Looking forward to it as they are a superb company. Oracle Cloud rocks!

Customers seem to respond well to ORCL autonomous cloud products (and not just DB) and they seeme to have real results that exceed on-premises performance. Am I missing something, or does ORCL have some traction with this?

Anyone hear anything about another huge re-org coming. I heard it would be this month but just wondering if anyone else has heard anything?

Looks like about 20 or so people in OCC lost their jobs this past week. That brings the total since 6/1/2016 to 20,091. No major layoffs lately but no good news either, oracle is not going anywhere good, keep looking for new jobs before the economy... — read more 

Onpremises apps are back. Formal org in place to sell it ERP, PS, Siebel. Not sure if it is good or bad.

Bad environment right now. Everyone is depressed.

Why is Oracle creating BS jobs after BS jobs. The Larry hires 2 CEOs to do his work? His 2 CEOs hire a bunch of VPs to their work. The VPs hire a bunch of directors to do their work. The directors hire a bunch of managers to do their work. The... — read more 

Its never too late to go back to highschool and be prom king again

Is there any severance pay or paid COBRA if someone is placed on a performance improvement plan and doesn't make the criteria at the end? What does it look like compared to a standard US severance package. Is it just me, or has the heat been turned... — read more 

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/annapurna-larry-ellison-megan-ellison-vice-1202975648/ ===================================== ==== Oracle founder Larry Ellison is engineering a major reorganization of his daughter Megan Ellison’s struggling... — read more 

What's happening with the stock? oct 1st was 51.80$ now is 47.40$ , a whopping -10% in 10 days!!!!! Is it possible they already finished the buyback funds? Really? Less than 2 months.... There must have been a flooding of sell covered by buybacks... — read more 

Why attend Oracle Open World this year??? It's funny. I keep getting LinkedIn messages/postings from former Oracle colleagues about Oracle Open World. You know. Oracle must be in serious trouble when nobody wants to go OOW. It must be an all points... — read more 

Are they going to prop it back up? Or have they given up on that?

Redwood Shores offices are similar to that of HighSchool.

I was one of those folks whose team was re-org'ed/merged with a couple of different teams. Needless to say, the first ones to go are the those that actually did real work and those that had the years in experience. For some reason, I managed not to... — read more 

Come join the high school team ;)

A number of OCC teams outside the US are being informed that OCI-C/OCC is reducing staff in remote locations and therefore the remote team is being let go.

Looks like maybe 50 people or so weee laid off in various GBU support units this past week. That brings the total since 6/1/2016 to 20,071. Keep looking nothing good coming your way at oracle.

Czuprynski’s three-word summary of the new cloud software: “No more knobs.” Czuprynski’s longer assessment is that Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse delivers on its broad promise of automating much of the manual work that has long gone into creating... — read more 

I have started recording all conversations I have without telling anyone. I am older with health problems. Get a digital recorder with a good microphone, something that works to 40 feet and you can put it in your pocket and still capture the... — read more 

Due to the re-organization, my team is to be merged under Oracle cloud infra and we have to eventually follow their own implementations if the OC.I head says so. So worst case, how does merging similar teams work? Target the higher management or... — read more 

Another legal maneuver by Oracle just a week before bids for the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract are due. https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2018/10/oracle-continues-protest-push-against-jedi/151799/ For a third time, software giant... — read more 

Run away far as possible from this place.

With the last quarter's results out, we thought we would update this chart to see if Oracle's cloud services had slowed further, or made a turnaround. The problem is, we can't. Oracle has decided to fold its cloud services revenue in with its legacy... — read more 

That Monkey RG.. informed that one of the main results from the recent employee survey is-- that emplyees trust their immediate managers ..!#@! lies and bigger lies..continue...

Confirmed. Various GBU units affected on the support side, so I'm sure it's not just the Springs that got hit today. The ones I've personally seen leave are the highly experienced, middle age, white men if that is an indicator of what is to come or... — read more 

big changes